Experimental project — stage one
Hyper Drone
A new kind of Crypto Drone that runs analysis at speed and in volume on high-spec PCs such as gaming machines. It is under test as an experimental project to raise the pace of analysis.
Last updated: 9 November 2026
Please read this first
- The Hyper Drone is a prototype. It is not a finished product; what you rent is a machine we are running for the purposes of the experiment.
- It stops from time to time. We may halt a machine because of a hardware problem, or in order to take samples from it.
- What we can promise is about 3 times the analysis of the current drone. The performance we are aiming for is higher, as set out below, but once the stoppages are taken into account this is the figure we are able to commit to.
- The number we can offer is limited. Standard drones can be added to; Hyper Drones are capped at the number of test machines.
How it differs from a standard drone
Both do the same job: they dive on your behalf, 24 hours a day, without rest. What differs is the machine running the analysis.
Crypto Drone
A program that analyses on the CPU of a dedicated server. A Drone Ticket rents one for a month, and the number running grows as long as there is capacity.
Hyper Drone
Analyses at speed and in volume on a high-spec PC such as a gaming machine. One machine gets through far more, and we offer as many as we have test machines for.
The performance we are aiming for
The Hyper Drone is not a feature that stands on its own. It is the first stage of an experimental project to reach more than 10,000 times the computation. The plan builds up in this order.
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50 to 100 times, on a high-spec PC
A single Hyper Drone is aimed at 50 to 100 times the computation of a drone calculating on an ordinary CPU. Getting that figure to hold steady is where the project starts.
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Put a drone on your own PC
We plan to release a CPU drone program that runs as it is on a diver’s own PC. Alongside the high-spec machines, we are also developing My Drone, a program for the Windows PC or Mac sitting unused at home. The aim is to raise the number of machines doing the analysis.
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Build up continuous running and the number connected
Through the tests we will establish whether a drone of this build can keep running without stopping, and how many can be connected to the salvage system. The computation available overall is set by both figures: what one machine does, and how many can be joined to it.
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The final target is more than 10,000 times
By building up what one machine does, how widely the machines spread, and how long they keep running, we are working towards more than 10,000 times the computation.
What we can promise today is about 3 times
Those are targets. The Hyper Drone is at the test stage, and it stops from time to time — because of a hardware problem, or so that we can take samples from it.
Allowing for the time spent stopped, the figure we can commit to is about 3 times the analysis of the current drone. The description in the app is written on that basis.
How many we can offer
The number of standard drones running can be increased in response to demand. Hyper Drones, by contrast, are capped at the number of test machines.
- There is a limit on how many tickets can be bought per month. Because the machines are few, the Hyper Drone Ticket carries a monthly cap.
- During the test period it is offered at a test price. The price reflects the fact that this is a prototype.
- We are working on sharing the high-performance drone server in portions. We are looking at a form in which several divers share one machine between them.
What comes next
The experimental project around the Hyper Drone is planned to run for about six months.
On the strength of what that period tells us, we plan to supply high-performance drones in a variety of forms afterwards. The more divers take part, and the more machines carry the analysis, the shorter the road to finding a key.
The Hyper Drone is the first step towards a dramatic increase in the pace of unlocking.